Barrette or hair-retainer.



R. H. DAMON, DECD.

c. B. a m. c. DAMON, EXECUTORS.

BARRETTE 0R HAIR RETAINER.

APPLICATION FlLED OCT. 16, 1901.

1,15%,883. Patented Sepfi. 7, 1915.

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I RUSSELL H. DAMON, ,LEQMINSTER, MAS$ACHUSETTS; CLARE B. DAMON AND MURRAY 0. DAMON, 011" LEOIVIINSTEIR, MASSACHUSETTS, EXECUTORS OF SAID RUSSELL I-I. DAMON, DECEASED,ASSIGI TORS TO THE HAIRLIGHT COMPANY, OF LEOMIN STEB, lflASST-M7I-IUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

' :BARRETCLE 0R HAIR-RETAINER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RUssnLL H. DAMov, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrettes or Hair-Retainers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in barrettes or hair retainers.

The invention contemplates a device of this character where the pin or looking part is attached to thebody portion in a way that said pin will have great freedom of movement, the joint being such as to be universal with the required range of movement, so that the whole device may be readily secured to the hair and locked in place.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a novel means for locking the free end of the pin or tongue upon the stud carried by the body portion, where the spring or resiliency of the pin is utilizedto make a secure fastening, which will hold reliably when in place upon the hair, but which may be readily and conveniently unfastened when it is desired to remove the barrette.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation, showing the pin or tongue disengaged. Fig". 2 is a top plan'view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a body portion or member, slightly curved, and formed of celluloid, horn, tortoise shell, or other suitable material of which devices of this character may be made. Upon the body portion and near one end is formed a staple 2, while at the other end it is provided with a stud 3, having an offset 4. Loosely connected to the staple 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, is a tongue or pin 5, also slightly curved and formed of the same material. The pin or tongue is provided at its free end with an elongated opening 6, said opening being adapted to embrace the stud 3 when the device is locked upon the hair. The distance between the opening 6 and the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 7,1315. Application filed October 16, 1907. 7 Serial No.'397,64'?.

point of the'hinge between the pin or tongue 5 and staple, 2, it will be noted, is greater than theQdistance between the oflset 4 of the stud and the said point of hinge, whereby upon, bending I of either member, though preferablythe pin member, the opening 6 will be brought into juxtaposition with the stud 3, and upon cessation of bending pressure, the members will assume their normal position, and the pin will be locked in operative positionby said ofise't portion '4; of the stud.

By slightly curving the bodyportion and the pin or tongue, the tendency of the device vwhen looked upon a tuft of hair will be to force said tongue or pin outwardly, thereby slightly straightening the same, and preventing said tongue from slipping over the offset on the stud 3, thus firmly securing the free to hang in any position, and out of the way of the wearer, while the tongue or pin is being passed through the hair. In other words the pin may be said to have a universal movement with reference to the body.

In applying the device the following movements of the pin or tongue relative to, l

the stud occur: 'When the pin or tongue is brought down on top of the stud, the material of the said pin or tongue will, before pressure is applied to the pin, engage the stud at some little distance inside the opening 6. At this point a slight pressure upon the pin, which results in slightly bowing it, will cause the opening to embrace the stud, and the pressure, such as would be exerted against the pin by the tuft of hair between the body and the pin, would only tend to make the pin embrace the stud more securely, whereas, obviously when 'it is desired to unfasten the device, the pin is bowed inward to the body, when the easy disengagement of the pin and studwill'be effe t d-z A I have described. the device as a barrette or hair retainer, but it will be apparent that the same constructionwould be equally applicable to a brooch or breast pin.

Claimso 1. A device of the class described, comprising a body portion, a stud rigid with one end thereof, a flexible pin or tongue hingedly connected with the other end thereof, and being formed with an opening in its free end, the distance between the saidoperiing and point of hinge of said pin or tongue being slightly greater than the distance between the said stud and the said point of hinge, whereby upon bending of said pin or tongue the stud will be received in said opening, and the pinor tongue secured from displacement upon cessation of pressure.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a body member, a pin member hingedly attached'thereto, and being formed with an opening the walls of which are substantially unyielding, one of said members being flexible, a stud rigid with the body member and having its upper portion ofiset or inclined toward said point of hinge, the

length of the pin member between its opening and its point of hinge being greater than the distance between the top or ofiset end of the stud and the point of hinge, whereby upon exertion of bending pressure upon the said flexible member the stud may be inserted into said opening of the pin, and locked therein to secure the pin by the offset portion of the pin by the ofiset portion of the stud upon resumption of the flexible member of its normal position.

3. A device of the class described, com prising a body portion; a stud rigidly mounted on one end thereof, said stud having an offset; a longitudinally-disposed staple-shaped member located at the opposite end of the body portion; and a flexible tongue hinged to said staple-shaped member, saidtongue being formed of a flat strip and provided adjacent to the free end with an elongated opening adapted to receive the stud when the body of. the tongue is flexed, the tongue being held by the offset 'of the stud when it resumes its normal shape.

' RUSSELL H. DAMON.

Witnesses:

MURRAY C. DAMON,

OSCAR A. TAFT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0: 

